USPTO Patents Application 10699911

United States Patent and Trademark Office

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
I nilid Stall-, Patent and Trademark Office

Address: COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS

APPLICATION NO.

FILING DATE

FIRST NAMED INVENTOR

ATTORNEY DOCKET NO. CONFIRMATION NO.

10/099.91 !

I I/0.V2003

John W.Wilson II

23334 7590 06/02/2008

FLEIT, KAIN, GIBBONS, GUTMAN, BONGINI
& BIANCO P.L.

ONE BOCA COMMERCE CENTER

551 NORTHWEST 77TH STREET, SUITE 1 1 1

BOCA RATON, FL 33487

ZERVIGON, RUDY

PAPER NUMBER

NOTIFICATION DATE | DELIVERY MODE
06/02/2008 ELECTRONIC

Please find below and/or attached an Office communication concerning this application or proceeding.

The time period for reply, if any, is set in the attached communication.

Notice of the Office communication was sent electronically on above-indicated "Notification Date" to the
following e-mail address(es):

ploboca(«Mbcusonip.com

PTOL-90A (Rev. 04/07)

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Application No.

10/699,911

Applicant(s)

WILSON ET AL.

Examiner

Rudy Zervigon

Art Unit

1792

- The MAILING DATE of this communication appears on the cover sheet with the correspondence address —
Period for Reply

A SHORTENED STATUTORY PERIOD FOR REPLY IS SET TO EXPIRE 3 MONTH(S) OR THIRTY (30) DAYS,
WHICHEVER IS LONGER, FROM THE MAILING DATE OF THIS COMMUNICATION.

- Extensions of time may be available under the provisions of 37 CFR 1 .136(a). In no event, however, may a reply be timely filed
after SIX (6) MONTHS from the mailing date of this communication.

- If NO period for reply is specified above, the maximum statutory period will apply and will expire SIX (6) MONTHS from the mailing date of this communication.

- Failure to reply within the set or extended period for reply will, by statute, cause the application to become ABANDONED (35 U.S.C. § 133).
Any reply received by the Office later than three months after the mailing date of this communication, even if timely filed, may reduce any
earned patent term adjustment. See 37 CFR 1 .704(b).

Status

1 )KI Responsive to communication(s) filed on 13 February 2008 .
2a )□ This action is FINAL. 2b)^ This action is non-final.

3) D Since this application is in condition for allowance except for formal matters, prosecution as to the merits is

closed in accordance with the practice under Ex parte Quayle, 1935 CD. 11, 453 O.G. 213.

Disposition of Claims

4) ^ Claim(s) 14-34 is/are pending in the application.

4a) Of the above claim(s) 14-17 and 19-23 is/are withdrawn from consideration.

5) D Claim(s) is/are allowed.

6) |EI Claim(s) 18 and 24-34 is/are rejected.

7) 0 Claim(s) is/are objected to.

8) D Claim(s) are subject to restriction and/or election requirement.

Application Papers

9) Q The specification is objected to by the Examiner.

10) ^ The drawing(s) filed on 03 November 2003 is/are: a)^ accepted or b)D objected to by the Examiner.

Applicant may not request that any objection to the drawing(s) be held in abeyance. See 37 CFR 1.85(a).
Replacement drawing sheet(s) including the correction is required if the drawing(s) is objected to. See 37 CFR 1.121(d).

1 1) D The oath or declaration is objected to by the Examiner. Note the attached Office Action or form PTO-152.

Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119

12) D Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
a)D All b)D Some * c)D None of:

1 .□ Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.

20 Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No. .

3.Q Copies of the certified copies of the priority documents have been received in this National Stage
application from the International Bureau (PCT Rule 17.2(a)).
* See the attached detailed Office action for a list of the certified copies not received.

Attach ment(s)

1) ^| Notice of References Cited (PTO-892) 4) □ Interview Summary (PTO-41 3)

2) □ Notice of Draftsperson's Patent Drawing Review (PTO-948) Paper No(s)/Mail Date. .

3) □ Information Disclosure Statement(s) (PTO/SB/08) 5 ) □ Notice of Informal Patent Application

Paper No(s)/Mail Date . 6) □ Other: .

PTOL-T26 d (Rev e 08-06r

Office Action Summary

Part of Paper No./Mail Date 20080426